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另起炉灶

lìng qǐ lú zào

4-character word Traditional 另起爐灶

What 另起炉灶 means

1. lit. to set up a separate kitchen (idiom); to start from scratch
2. back to square one
3. to start of on a new path

The characters in 另起炉灶

• 另lìngother; another; separate
• 起qǐto rise; to raise; to get up
• 炉lústove; furnace
• 灶zàokitchen stove; kitchen; mess; canteen

Example sentences

• 约翰离开了公司，另起炉灶。
  Yuēhàn líkāi le gōngsī, lìngqǐlúzào.
  John turned his back on the company and started on his own.